Chapter 168

"Good evening, ladies." Captain America said as he stood up. "Agent Carter called and said you might need back up, Miss Himejima." The Captain said to Akeno while flashing his signature smile.

Akeno awkwardly stared at him. "...Uh huh... And who are you?" She asked him with complete sincerity. 

Marvel Girl was looking at the guy, who just showed up, with stars in her eyes. She reached over and excitedly grabbed Storm's arm and shook her back and forth. "Oh my gosh, Ororo! It's Captain America! The real Captain America!" She said excitedly. 

Ororo sighed. Jean had said her real name there by mistake. Storm also looked just as lost as Akeno was… "Captain who…? Sorry, I was raised in Africa. I don't know who this guy is."

"And I grew up in Japan." Akeno said… 'In another dimension.' She added in her own head.

Steve slumped down and looked like someone kicked his puppy. He could admit to himself that he was not used to people NOT recognizing him… "Nice to meet you all, once again. I am Captain America and I'm currently working with SHIELD. So what exactly is going on here?"

Akeno shrugged and pointed to Luke. "I'm not really sure. That guy there was trying to kill some kid with that glowing Lighting Bolt next to him. They were talking about Gods and–" 

She was cut off by the arrival of someone else.

"I *huff* finally caught up with you!" A twelve year old Percy Jackson wheezed out as he came running up to everyone. "I had to run over 30 blocks straight! Flying isn't fair!" He said as he placed his hands on his knees and took some deep breaths. He had sprinted the whole way here, which was really tough. Even for a young demigod like himself. 

"And who are you, son?" Steve asked the kid who just showed up. He didn't like that this young man was covered in so many cuts and bruises. 

Percy's eyes widened! "Holy crap! It's Captain America!" He started jumping up and down excitedly!

Akeno still didn't know why that name meant something… Neither did Storm.

Steve smiled. At least 2/4 of the other people here recognized him…

"That's right. I'm Captain America. As you know, I stand for Freedom, Justice and the American way. Do you mind telling me what was going on here? Why was Luke over there trying to kill you?" Steve asked again.

"Whoa! Luke's already been beaten!? As expected of Captain America!" Percy cheered.

Akeno giggled at the frown on Storm's face. The new guy was getting credit for her take down.

Percy knew he wasn't supposed to talk to regular humans about the demigod business, but this was Captain America! Percy couldn't help himself and started telling the Captain everything! It didn't exactly take long into his explanation for the Captain to start frowning. 

'A camp where half-children of the Gods were grouped together and routinely sent on suicide missions? Monsters that prowl the streets in disguise and hunt down these children. The vast majority of the kids end up dead before they turn 16!?' Everything Steve was hearing was messed up. He knew that Fury would have an absolute field day with this mission. The only thing that made Steve a bit nervous was hearing that the Greek Gods were apparently real. He had read up on them back when he was a school boy. The Greek Gods were power hungry and cruel beings from everything he knew about them.

Steve glanced towards Layla's niece, Akeno. It was a good thing that he would be fighting on the side of the Angels if it came down to it. Who was he kidding? Of course it would… Trouble always seemed to follow him everywhere.

While the kid was spilling his guts out to the Captain, Akeno sauntered her way over towards the object that was calling out to her. The Master Bolt on the ground next to where Luke had fallen. 

Akeno noticed that Storm and Marvel Girl were also eyeing it with curiosity. She and Marvel Girl walked up to Akeno.

"Do you know what that is?" Storm asked.

Akeno shook her head. She vaguely remembers that Luke mentioned its name, but Akeno had been tuning him out at the time. "All I know is that this has been calling out to me." Akeno reached down and picked up the Master Bolt. Touching it felt right. It felt like it belonged with her.

"Oh, hey! That's Zeus's Master Bolt! I need to get that back to him so that the Gods don't start a war–" Percy stopped talking when he saw what happened next. Zeus's Master Bolt, in Akeno's hands, started to break down and turned into flakes of divine light! Those flakes moved towards Akeno's chest and began to merge with her. "Oh! That's not good…" Percy muttered in trepidation. What was he supposed to do if the Master Bolt destroyed itself!?

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